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EFFING DEAD - a survival action in RE4 style

Hi Everyone,
nice to be here on rock, paper, shotgun!
I would like to share you our fist indie game, EFFING DEAD, a survival game like the amazing Resident Evil 4, completely in 3D, with real-time light and shadows, glows and water physics.

Why RE4? We love the genre and believe the 4th was the best, so we try to bring back the same feelings and joy we discover while we played with it.
But, also, we try to improve some aspect of the game mechanics and give it our special touch.

Just to be clear there is:
- no co-op experience !!!
- no silly puzzle on RGB colors !!!
- no remake nor reboot !!!
- no cheasy super machos !!!
- no kinect, Move or Wii control !!!
- no social !!!
- no bow !!!
- no qte (oh s*it, there are some... ^_^) !!!

Ok, bows and some stuff weren't in RE but, you know, just in case someone is asking... :P

EFFING DEAD will be released on Windows but we are planning to release it also on MAC and LINUX. As you can see the engine is quiet complete, we are building levels, puzzles and stuff right now.

If anything works as planed the first beta will be ready for May 2013, so please come back soon to give it a try ;) .

AN IMPORTANT NOTE: because we like to receive but also to give, during the development we will releasing game stuff for free (under CC license) – not just simple stuff, but real in game 3D models, elements, scripts... Why? Because we believe in freedom and in mods.

About us
We are TheShortAndTheTall, which is a small indiegames team from Italy, made of two Nice guys, Alessio (the short one) and me, ALberto (the tall one).EFFING DEAD was made by us + some help on charas models and environment here and there, because sometime we like also to sleep. ;D

Hi People!
here we are with some new image for EFFING DEAD - we are still on lights and textures. Maybe for the BETA we will introduce also some new shaders - we will see.
Btw, about the beta: it's 99% finished ^_^

Enjoy the pics and if you think you could be interested in our survival, prepare your pad -_^

I'd love to know how far you are taking this "RE4" similarity? How obstructive will your controls be? Not to deride tank controls, they can be an appropriate choice.

The controls are similar to RE4 BUT you can walk and shoot at the same time, like RE5 (if I remember right, don't know RE6 because I haven't it). The reload action of course take some time + you can't walk.

Uhm, maybe I make a list about the features:

In game Map with enemies presence

No need of inventory screen: change weapon and use stuff in game without any pause

Aim to interact and take control of different type of sensors

Be fast with the button press when enemies takes you

Perform barrel rolls to avoid grabs and use the energy blade for special moves

Look out for your energy and prevent damage for the camera signal

Find out how to enter areas with camera signal shields

Exploration will need puzzles solving – we like action but also brain use

Different type of weapons, customizable with upgrades

Enemies with multiple type of AI and attack-defence behaviour

Find the right tactics and the best way to kill the enemies for increasing your ammo and collecting coins for weapons upgrades

Do head shots or destroy bodies parts with your arsenal

I hope I've make you a bit curious ;).
THE OPEN BETA is near to come, it's 99% ready so soon you will have the opportunity to try EFFING DEAD.
We need to add just a few things, some icons, 10 packs of grenades, 30 liters of blood, 4 lightsabers, 6 boxes of ammunition. Not much. :P

Current state: the open beta is FINISHED - but we are on a few bugs. So, time to bug fixing and next week it's release time ;)
I hope you will try it.

We made also some new improvements: we add rim lights on characters after different comments on the gameplay video and change also the camera position a bit when you move, a bit more when you aim and shoot.

We saw the videos and read comments and we have thought that the camera was not perfect so we have decided to change the movement from moving to aiming and make it smoother, plus we have introduced the mouse invert (different people ask us about it).
So, please download it and give it try.